I remember few months back I was in Taiping for a while before I left to Jeram (I think I mentioned this before but heck), I brought all my Bruschetta making tools back with me as well, because I want my mom to try my LEGENDARY dish...
HEHE!
But it will be my next post...
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One of my favourite food is definitely Sambal Petal ^^ YUM YUM!
Yes, I know, some might argue it smells bad. But heck! Smelly TauFu smells bad but taste good, Durian smells so bad until they are prohibited to be brought to planes, but guess what, we eat it too.
Same goes for Sambal Petai.
My mom's Sambal Petai is really one of the best I've taste, seriously, only her Sambal Petai are custom-made to its perfection.
Other than the normal ingredient such as onions, Petai, sambal chilli. Under my constant pressure (Ohyeahhh~), she added ketchup and a few slices of tomato into it.
HOLYSHIT!! This is why I'm alive!!
That little bit of sourness makes all the difference, especially when I like a bit of sourness in my dish ^^ With added prawns, this dish was meant to be eaten by everyone. Hope that I can learn it from my mom before it become 'fossilized'.
Whenever I'm back (Which is like 1000 years once -.-"), I will request my mom to get me some all-time favourite of mine such as this Lai Fen Xiu Yoke (Lai Fen serves with BBQ pork).
Everyone in my family loves it, in EVERY Chinese New Year, this is a must for breakfast. In fact, the whole Pokok Assam loves it, it is rumor to be one of the most popular food in Pokok Assam.
Because that famous Xiu Yoke some how taste 100 times better with this Lai Fen. Some eat it with Mee Rebus. But both taste fine with this because that Xiu Yoke really is one of the best in the whole Malaysia, don't believe me? Come and try it yourself ^^ If you are lucky to be able to buy it of course. (It finished damn early in the morning, like... 8am?)
Date: 25th May 2009 Time: 2.20 pm Venue: Taiping Sentral
Mr E really is a nice guy, a friend indeed, haha! He even go for movie with me just because I wanted to watch "Startrek"!
Thanks Mr E!
We watched "Startrek" that day, but it is kind of weird, the workers at the counter look shock when I approached the counter to buy the tickets, later only realized that we are the 1st one to buy the tickets =.=
First to buy tickets = Few people go for that movie
The hall was so empty until it frightened me, because it is just TOOOOOO quiet... and it was sooooooo scary, the whole hall just me and Mr E... *swallowing saliva*
But still, the movie was good, it is what i expected from Startrek ^^ I'm satisfied that's for sure. Gonna go for the sequel (if there's any)
------------------ Sequel, where are you --------------------
Date: 27th May 2009 Time: 9 something pm Venue: Doli restaurant, Taiping
Doli restaurant is famous for its Kuey Teow Goreng, seriously you better come and try it yourself. Rm 3.50 for a regular Fried KueyTeow worth your every penny...
BUT!!!
Do remember don't order the "Kuey Teow Goreng SPECIAL"!!!!
Beware!
Don't get fool by the word "SPECIAL"!
The innocent-looking "special" caused more than you can ever think of, I got fool, never thought the word "special" will cause me to pay 100% more than the regular Fried KueyTeow!!!!
The freaking Special Fried KueyTeow caused me RM 8.00!!!
This is the most expensive KueyTeow Goreng i have ever ordered =.=
Bloody hell!! I didn't know it was such a case until i saw the receipt...
They add some BIGGER prawn and charged me extra RM 4.50 =.=" It's still not worth it even though it really taste great...
I woke up 6.45am in the morning, and darn, I haven't been awake this early in the morning since...
Since...
Since 2008 December -.-"
After some washing and brushing, I ride my trustful EX 5 to the destination - Taiping Lake garden.
~Brief intro~ Taiping Lake Garden located near Taiping Zoo, it is a huge area covering a large piece of land. It was founded in 1880 and is the OLDEST garden in the whole Malaysia. Formerly a tin mine, it has transformed into a well maintain garden. Not just trees, plants, insects and fishes, if you lucky, you might even see a REAL LIFEKomodo Dragon(a species of lizard that can reach to 3 meters *.*) roaming around the lake.
Talk about nature's blessing ^^
I arrived at 7.35am and the age-old scene was appearing in front of me. Old folks gathered around for Tai-Chi practice (more than 5 groups of them), young and old jog/walk around the Lake garden, bright-blue-clear beautiful sky covering soil of heaven. These showed that day is really suitable for jogging. Hihi!
Again, SotSotcat was late =.=" So i called her up and there she is!!
20 minutes later -.-"
Hahaa! Sorry ya, cat ^^"
Along the way, we saw some pretty weird practice, seriously it was "electrifying", the women shake their hands like they are robot that got hit by huge amount of electricity current. I think this is some form of Tai-Chi practice but I'm not sure, too bad I'm not able to take a video/pictures out of it because they were staring at me -.-"
The view was so hilarious because they shake their hands so much that I thought they got Parkinson Disease.
Ignoring their routine, we continue to run, ah~~ No wonder people like to come over to TLG (Taiping Lake Garden) to jog, the wonderful flora and fauna, the greenery brings a whole meaning to life. It is just a simple creation of nature but it looks so stunning.
[Update]More rare scenery appeared, I saw this green-weird creature holding to a piece of wood, or more precisely, hugging a pillar... hm...
TLG not just provide a habitat for the animals, a place for jogging, but it too provides Paddle-Boat Rides to the visitors. I once ride it, it was fun, but it looks much more interesting now as they renovated the place and increased some new funky boats in the mix. Okay, this boat ride will be my next mission to Taiping. XD
Finally, after 2 hours of jogging, my viewing pleasure was satisfied. Me and SotSotcat gone for breakfast in an old hut, tasting Taiping traditional KueyTeow mee curry at its best. Yummy! Fresh and exquisite I would say.
P.S.: Before going back, I asked for permission to use the bathroom from SotSotcat dad's shop, =.=" this was the second time I asked for it, damn, it was embarrassing. Her mom asked "Why he always come and borrow our washroom har?"
"I like your bathroom lol!" Just kidding -.-
here's a video i found in Youtube, feel free to check it out.
After venturing through the "mystical" temple 佛教会． Me & E accepted the invitation from SotSotcat to Sushi King for lunch ^^ It was great I guess, because we don't have Sushi King 2 years ago in Taiping, and since SotSotcat "begging" us complaining she hasn't been able to taste RAW FISH in Setapak=.= So we have to bring her there.
Hmmmm.... I should have just bring her to the fishmarket to satisfy her hunger for RAW FISH. lolx!
We had a great time there, tasting the essence of the sea with some wasabi in the mix, made me shed tears eating them while thinking "oh gosh! We are so bless with these wonderful marine life!" *shedding tears due to Wasabi*
SotSotcat was happy to see us again, especially after so many months not seeing either of us (I blame myself too for not meeting up with her during the semester *.*) We talked about our future, E's used-to-be-fair-red-lovely-skin, the breakups, and etc only to realise we missed so many things happened in our lives.
The sushi here is good, not splendid i would say because it taste like those in MidValley, so, I rate it as AVERAGE.
Like what my Japanese Language lecturer used to say:
"Sushi here in Malaysia doesn't taste anywhere like the sushi in Japan, Japanese won't even taste these Sushi if it wasn't for social reason in Malaysia"
So don't blame me for rating "average" to the sushi we had. And we took some pictures while sunk our teeth into those not-so-lovely sushi.
Actually there's more E's pictures because SotSotcat kept on taking them XD But i deleted it because people might think I'm a homo for keeping so many guys pictures in my handphone =.="
Well, that's all, till the next outing...
Ohya! Me, E and WJ gone to have Pokok Assam Fried Chicken as supper later that night, yummy!! I can say, this stall sells the BEST Homemade Fried Chicken in the whole Malaysia! Don't believe me? Give it a try then ^^
TILL THEN
HAVE A NICE DAY ^^
~All of the statements said above are my personal opinions & it may not be 100% true in terms of feelings and judgemente, it is just a guide/review that one can use as reference~
Taiping is my hometown, and it is the ONLY city in Malaysia that have Chinese word as the name of the city, and I'm proud of it ^^
This is not because of its name, but it is because Taiping in Chinese is 太平, which means "peaceful". Trust me, this town still have its origin intact with the old and the new buildings.
Everytime I'm back, the feeling of peacefulness dance around me, all my emoness and problems fade away, while I gratefully sink my body into this wonderful home of mine. Ah~~~ Nothing beats the comfort of your own home ^^
-------------------------Taiping, wo ai ni!---------------------------
After so many months of slacking and not-so-great-effort on bonding with my old mates at Taiping, I've decided to accomplish a mission which I've created before my finals - I'm gonna spend ALL my time with my old mates.
And indeed, it served me well.
They, have been my friends for years, they understand me, care for me, and above all, years of companionship has build a strong foundation within us, especially Eddy and Shun Feng, SotSotcatand WJ, Saboteurr2la and Even, baoqi & fengxue etc.
I'll talk about that later.
This time, the one I knew longest didn't manage to come back, but hey, I still have Eddy! Haha! So we decided to come out with WJ, where else? Other than "pa ki" (cyber cafe la!)
But then, being as different as I am, I succeeded in persuading them not to go for gaming, instead, we went to a Temple. lolz! Instead of going to waste our time at a cafe, we spent time in the temple, how holy we are XD
佛教会in Taiping is different from any other temple i know of, why? because not only you will see gods' statue, praying stands, and lots of joss sticks and candles, you will actually be able to find a kindergarten inside the temple.
Why I know about this? Hehe! Because I'm one of the students ^^
It feels good coming back after all these YEARS. I'm a bad boy yes I know, i should have come back here months ago, but hey, is better be late than sorry ^^
Me, eddy & WJ hang around the place until we felt we are fully "cleanse" by the holiness of the place (>.<) only we decided to go gaming again. XD excuse alright.
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